Drear
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɹɪə/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Drear is an adjective meaning (poetic, literary) Dreary.
Meaning
(poetic, literary) Dreary.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Gloom; sadness.
Example Sentences
Earth raised up her head From the darkness dread and drear,
Now dreary dawns the eastern light, And fall of eve is drear, [...]
I spoke, perplexed by something in the signs Of desolation I had seen and heard In this drear pilgrimage to ruined shrines:
And over all, the dead silence of the dead, the sense of utter loneliness, and the brooding spirit of the Past! How beautiful it was, and yet how drear! We did not dare to speak aloud.
Word Forms
- drearer
- drearest
- drears
- dreare
Synonyms for drear
Depending on context, synonyms include bleak, dreary, cheerless, comfortless, dark, morose.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dreary, cheerless, gloomy, dismal, drab, sorry.
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